
Willem SchellinksPays-Bas, 1627–1678Peut-on la contempler ?
Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
Le propriétaire est connu. Si elle est exposée aujourd’hui, le musée ne le dit pas, et l’on ne nous a pas appris à deviner.
A canal running alongside a fortified city disappears into the distance, the city walls in ruins and the bridge
collapsed. In the background at right is a glowing furnace, where marble is burned to make chalk. These
motifs, often found in paintings by Dutch Italianates, have here been shifted to a cold wintery day.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam